How to Make Amazing Soil Without Digging Up Your Garden

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Love to garden, but don’t care for the back-breaking work that often goes along with it? The good news is, all that digging and tilling you thought you had to do every season is totally unnecessary. Learn more

So put down that shovel and start making healthy soil the lazy way by building a no-dig garden bed.

Materials

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Step 01

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Step 02

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How to Make Amazing Soil Without Digging Up Your Garden

So put down that shovel and start making healthy soil the lazy way by building a no-dig garden bed.

Materials

– Newspapers – Organic fertilizer – Alfalfa – Straw – Finished compost

Step 01

Lay 10 sheets of newspaper across the bottom of the garden bed.

Step 02

Scatter a few handfuls of fertilizer over the newspapers. Layer about 6 inches of alfalfa on top.

Step 03

Scatter a few more handfuls of fertilizer over the alfalfa, then water thoroughly.

Step 04

Add about 12 inches of straw over the alfalfa. Scatter a few handfuls of fertilizer over the straw, then water thoroughly.

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